diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 1197547..022ea3a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
+	select ARCH_INIT_TASK
 	default y
 	help
 	  The Itanium Processor Family is Intel's 64-bit successor to